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May 17, 2014

User Experience Research Intern Interview

Anonymous Employee in Seattle, WA

No Offer

Positive Experience

Average Interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks – interviewed at Amazon.com (Seattle, WA) in November 2013.

Interview

Resume and Portfolio Review: Applicants were asked to submit their resume and portfolio. It took about a week to get the phone interview invitation. Phone Interview: I was interviewed by a UX team leader. It started with some ice-breaker questions and behavioral questions. Then, he asked me several questions about my previous projects and internship experience. We discussed a little bit about how Amazon (or say, his UX team) conducts user research. At the end of the interview, he asked me to rate my familiarity with several UX-related software (e.g. Axure, Morae, Microsoft Office, etc.).

Interview Questions

The interview questions were reasonable. However, I think it is important to ask some good follow-up questions. Answer Question

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User Experience Research Intern Interview

I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days – interviewed at Amazon.com (Seattle, WA) in March 2013.

Interview

Had a phone interview first. Obviously they only have less than 20 researchers at Amazon, so they are despretely looking for interns to help. The phone interview was supposed to be 30 minutes, but after 15 minutes my interviewer told me: we will definitely have you here for a on-site interview and that's the end of the interview. After 3 days I had the onsite interview, which consisted of a one hour portfolio review and two 30 minutes 1:1 interviews. The portfolio review is quite standard, and the 1:1 interview is based on the portfolio review.

Interview Questions

What is your favorite research method? What is a website/app that you like or hate and why? 1 Answer

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Amazon.com update

4 days ago

We got the chance to hear from one of our summer interns, Samuel Hoskins (age 21). Samuel is from Little Rock, Arkansas but attends Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He has just concluded his 10 week internship with us last week, thank you for spending your summer with us Sam! Visit this page to see the interview: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vIKQX

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